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- HomeAway (Expedia Group) Offer Hi, I got an offer for Software Engineer position with HomeAway as part of Expedia Group Base: 118K Sign on: 10K Relocation: 12K Target Bonus: 10% No Stocks. Location: Denver YOE: 3 years Is this a good offer considering the location? Is it comparable to what the parent company expedia pays? I
- vote Help Choose! Both Seattle. FB ML E5: 205/700/100 TC each year including target refreshers and bonus: 510, 443, 475, 508 OCI ML IC5: 245/930/40 TC each year (no bonus or refresher standard): 517, 477, 477, 477 OCI is slightly more in the first three years, but there is the annual vesting cliff each year, which
- vote SDE offer: Amazon vs pre-ipo unicorn Amazon L4 - TC 200k - remote - first faang offer, so might be good for my resume - Stock split coming up I have some worries about toxic work culture and bad wlb (though my manager seems eager to have me). Also, that remote might isolate me from the team and make me a target for pip. If remote gets
- !!Hiring for rapidly growing Web3 Crypto Startup!! Hey guys, I recently joined Parallel Finance, a crypto based web3 startup (Series B) that's extremely well funded and is backed by top tier investment firms. It's a Global Remote startup based out of SF. We are aggressively hiring, tripled in size over the last 2 months and looking to double again
- Take offer vs Apply to Faang, 1.5yoe Seattle Got an offer for an SE1 role in Seattle. Public company, mid size. Debating whether the offer is too good to pass up. One red flag is that they're claiming I have 72hrs to accept (which is bs) I currently have a phone screen with Google planned for Sept, and was planning on interviewing with FAANG
- vote Google L4 vs. FB E4 vs. DoorDash E5 Remaking poll but with updated numbers. Currently in first year at Google still, so TC is including YTD inflation. Google: TC today: 293k (originally 246k, but then inflation happened) Pros: - Can coast while preparing to continue interviewing Cons: - Not a remote role, RTO in January - Work is sta
- vote Google L3 offer evaluation Hi Blinders, I got an offer from Google is slightly higher than my current comp, but I joined my current company just 1 month ago and I am up for promotion in 6 months time. Google L3 : 37 LPA - 22 base, 11L stocks, 3L perf bonus, 1 L sign on Current company: 32 LPA - 27 base, 4 perf bonus, 1 joi
- Senior Financial Analyst Increased TC Consistently but Needs Direction Sorry for the long post. Thanks for those that get through it. I believe there is a lot of useful TC info as well. Based in Los Angeles… 1st Job for 1.5 years – Analyst, Finance and Corporate Development in TV Production Industry, closed 6 M&A deals. TC 50k Laid off…didn’t work for 8 months. Covid
- Selling myself to sell others Translation - I’m interviewing for professional services sales roles Curious if any folks have insight on the interview process at AWS, MSFT or Adobe. What should I expect? Anything specific to prepare for? I’m targeting service sales roles at those 3 companies specifically. I already have the ini
- vote Should I join Coinbase India or keep preparing ? Hey everyone hope you are doing well. I am an amazon sde2 and recently received offer from coinbase India. Coinbase makes a lot of sense from growth opportunities but I am a little worried about the wlb and hire/fire culture at coinbase. Kindly provide suggestions. Would you suggest joining Coinba
- Microsoft Post Hiring Event Discussion I recently completed a SDE I/II hiring event. My performance definitely wasn’t perfect, but the next business day the recruiter called me and said that the team was interested in me. I will be having a scheduled call with a HM (different than who I met) to learn about the team and ask questions. Ho
- Mech Eng targeting FAANG - Product Eng or SWE? Blind Community, Any FAANG product design (or hardware or other) engineers out there that can advise? I have 6 YOE in automotive body design, and automation machine design experience. Skills in CAD, sheet metal, stamping, machining, nuts, bolts, some plastics, gears and tangible machine stuff. I
- Uber Senior Associate Ops TC? Hi. Recruiter reached out for a Senior Associate role within Uber ops. Only thread I see with similar title is from several years ago. Anybody familiar with expected TC? Others on Blind mentioned Uber ops has low pay so trying to gauge the opportunity. Thank you! YOE: 5 TC: $125K UPDATE: Recruit
- L7 SDM Amazon vs L6 TPM FB At a bit of a career crossroads. Currently an L7 SDM at Amazon. No major complaints, but I cant help feeling like the culture/workenvironment is not quite what im looking for. I have recieved an out of band offer for L6 TPM at FB (~450k once projected refreshers are included) which is the same as w
- For all those asking for advice whether to choose MSFT vs Amzn Everyone compares Microsoft refreshers to other FAANG refreshers. That's unfair. I may be on the upper end of the spectrum at msft, but I am not a rock star. I consistently get 140% rewards, where 100% is target and 200% is max. If you work hard, 140 is guaranteed at MSFT, albeit a bad manager. Her
- Seeking Direction on Graduate Degree I’m looking to get a degree part time or online. I currently hold a B.F.A in Film and Television and my plan was always to get an MBA after that. I live in the Atlanta area and work for an entertainment finance start up (based out of LA). The skill set that would most benefit my career is law as con
- vote What’s that one company you’d never wanna work at? Criteria : Alright, there is that one company in FAANG which has very polarized views in the society, and I'm not taking about Amazon. For a moment, let’s consider only engineering quality and company benefits as the main criteria. We all are humans and we like free stuff and $$$. What’s that one c
- ServiceNow offer - need details! Got an offer from ServiceNow (HYD) recently, YoE: 3 TC: 27 + 3.5JB Role: IC2 - SWE Requesting all the kind and humble employees of SN to help me with these queries :) 1. Can anyone give insights about the average hikes & stock refreshers? 2. What is the appraisal cycle - that is being followed a
- Nest vs LinkedIn Have a couple of offers, Nest and LinkedIn being my top picks, LinkedIn is offering a Senior and a 270 - 290 TC, Nest is offering an L4 with 150k base, 15% target cash bonus (15-25% range) and around 300k stocks, no sign on Now, it's fairly easy to calculate LinkedIn TC, their cash bonus is 10% ann
- Next gig recommendations Hello Blind community, I am in my 4th year at Salesforce aka final year of RSUs. I am running out of RSUs in March 2022 and want to make my next move. I like the benefits salesforce offers but won't take a pay cut to stay here to work on outdated tech. I got promoted once from SMTS to LMTS at the 2
- downgrade offer at Google I was able to get a good L4 offer at Google, I’m 5a at Uber Current TC: 390k (ignoring refresh) base: ~190k stock: ~700k (in 4 years with current stock value) bonus: ~27k equity refresh target ~105k Offer TC: ~365k (ignoring refresh and sign on) base: ~175k stock: ~620k stock (in 4 years) bonus: ~
- Which 25 million people to vaccinate? We may have the ability to start vaccinating a very small number of people soon, less than 1 person in 10 may be vaccinated by the end of the year. But which 1 in 10? That is not even close to enough vaccine to cover all the high risk and elderly people. So do you have a lottery to decide which hi
- link Anyone worried about RIFs and how your company does it.... This is a sobering take... these are the kinds of tactics your company may well use to do it: "Among ProPublica’s findings, IBM: Denied older workers information the law says they need in order to decide whether they’ve been victims of age bias, and required them to sign away the right to go to co
- Unconventional Opportunities (Tech?) For practicing family MD? I am trying to help a female relative, who is moving to the Bay Area for family reasons. She’s American of Indian origin, practicing family doctor, 10 yrs experience, board certified. She’s is concerned that her career /quality of life will take a hit as the doctor salaries seem to be lower in the B
- Companies offering greater than 36 lpa for one year exp Hello I am based in Delhi and looking to switch. Currently I have one year of experience. Currently my base is 26 and bonus is 3 lakh Shares of 4 lakh per month Child care benefit for parent care of 3 lakh due to covid So total I am earning 36 this year I have restriction to stay in Delhi or ncr d
- VP of Product - Startup - Offer Eval For a friend: Company is profitable (even during covid) with > 150M/year in revenue. Remote position but must come in to office ~once per every other week. Planning to IPO in < 3 years. Comp: - Base 225k - Bonus 20% target, variable. (45k) - equity 75k/year pre ipo, maybe worthless Company
- Shall a PM pursue an MBA after 10 YoE? I'm a Senior PM at Microsoft in India and have 10 YoE. I always wanted to pursue an MBA but couldn't do it due to some or the other reasons. Again, I've this urge to take the GMAT and invest an year or more towards getting an MBA. My target is top bschools in Europe or the US. Microsoft hires a lot
- Seed startup SWE offer evaluation Recently received an offer from a seed startup (25M valuation, don't exactly remember how much they raised) as a 5th employee (CEO, COO, CTO and a non-tech domain expert, so I'm the first non-CTO engineer). 125K 0.5% equity (vested over 4 years) Fully remote Unsure about benefits, need to ask furt
- Facebook E4 offer Seattle Hi all need some suggestion on Facebook offer. Received an offer from Facebook for E4 SWE for Seattle office. Details below (final offer after negotiation) Base: 160k Stock: 320k for 4 years Joining bonus: 50k TC: 240k + 50 k year 1 and 240k year 2-4 TC with 10% target bonus: 256k + 50k year 1 and
- FAANG Interview Loops I am looking for questions asked in FAANG interview loops for SDE, TPM, SDM's, or any other field. If you are open to sharing I will host them at an air table so that everyone can access it. I have a few already so at least you can start to benefit from them. You can download them from interviewhelp
- Amazon comp number by recruiters are inflated by 20% Amazon TC numbers are inflated by 10%. When the recruiter is telling you that he is giving you 500K, Amazon actually gives you around 450K of TC on average for 4 years. Amazon compensation is a complex formula (let's take 500K TC with 160K as base) Stocks (4 year in $$) = 1.89* (TCT - Base) = 642K
- vote Dropbox vs Robinhood New Grad I currently have offers at both Dropbox and Robinhood and am trying to decide between them. I previously interned at Dropbox and really loved working there. The WLB is amazing and the culture/people make it a really great and supportive work environment. The benefits are hard to beat too. Robinhoo
- DocuSign offer eval Hey Blind, Appreciate the help. Trying to decide if I should: - request a bit more - accept outright - or stay put in current DocuSign is offering me P4, which is basically the same level that I have now, though I've been doing well on my reviews and am hopeful for a promo to staff either at mid
- Turning Down An Offer From A Bank (Citi/PJT/Laz/BAML) To Pursue Career As A Quant? I have an offer for an off-cycle/seasonal IBD internship with one of the firms mentioned above in a coverage team that would begin in January. I am wondering whether I would be stupid to turn down that offer in favour of doing a masters (to begin in September) and trying to get a quant role instead.
- Good companies for women sde (with young kids ) offering decent wlb and tc? Yoe 12 Tc 160 Sde 2 I have two young kids age 2 and 6. While MS has good wlb, I do want to work on improving my tc. I am hoping i could earn between 220k to 250 k. If I stay at MS , I ll take 4 years to hit 200 k tc. Can you suggest companies with good wlb and my target tc which is good for wome
- Can’t pull the trigger on real estate investment? I’m 32, net worth 1.5M liquid, all in vanguard funds, diversified across total us, total international and some muni bonds. I can’t help but feeling I would really benefit from some real estate diversification. I already own some Vanguard reits in my 401k but it’s not the same as having a more dire
- vote Offer Evaluation - LinkedIn vs AWS LinkedIn Senior SWE (Apps): 195k base/10% bonus/90k RSU + signing bonus of 50k. First year TC ~350k, average over 4 years ~317k assuming no stock growth. AWS L5 SDE (AWS Connect Apps): 200k base, 104k/year average RSU with back-heavy vesting schedule, signing bonus years 1 & 2. First year TC ~420k,
- Positive of Amazon After reading blind and lot of bashing of Amazon, I want to share few things. 1. Is Amazon as bad as Blind says? Yes, 100% 2. Do I live in PIP fear? Yes, 100% 3. Is Amazon cheap? Yes, I am expecting zero increase after promo so I am not pursuing promo aggressively. I will get more money outside. N
- vote Twitter Senior vs Dropbox IC3 Part 2 I know I just posted one yesterday, but the Twitter final numbers came back much lower than what the recruiter said it was going to be (was targeting $400k + 50k sign on) despite using the Dropbox offer to compete. Twitter and Dropbox are both full remote, SoFi is hybrid. Location is Seattle. Twitt
- Is it wise to go to Amazon with my unorthodox career? I'm in my early 30's, and entered tech relatively late. Prior to current job at Boeing I was a Microsoft orange badge vendor as my first tech job. ~3 YOE. Current job is somewhat dull and I'm not really learning anything, but WLB and benefits are amazing. Seriously like ~30 hrs a week. I own a town
- Thank You Blind Community I feel like I’ve seen this kind of post before - either way wanted to express my gratitude. About 6-8 months ago I discovered blind. I also discovered at that time that I was underpaid. I do realize there are a lot of astonomical salaries on here from engineers in the bay area, but it was dissapoint
- Recruiters asking for pay expectation before onsite. 3 part question. Read below. I am seeing a lot of recruiters asking for pay expectations prior to interviews recently after the CA law changed that you cannot ask a candidate his or her current salary. 1. Sometimes they wont move forward with the interview process until you give them a number. How do you handle this? I have a
- How to optimize my FIRE journey I fucked up recently by gambling in stock market. Got myself back on track and won't gamble anymore but the damage has been done so I'm trying to compensate. One good thing is that I recently got a much better job that will help me achieve my goals. Current situation: Age: 30Y NW: ~200k USD Annu
- What makes people want to work for Facebook - other than the RSU ? I see a lot of posts where even with comparable TC with other companies like Google / Oracle OCI / Linkedin. People recommend joining FaceBook - Id really like to know why. What are some of the interesting projects at Facebook. What are the some of the interesting groups to work for at Facebook ?
- Salesforce vs Microsoft | India | Recent graduate I have offers from both Salesforce (AMTS) and Microsoft (L59), and I have to choose one. Pay is almost the same (slightly more in MS). Both are highly reputed companies with good culture Both have amazing perks & benefits Probable teams Microsoft - Azure, Salesforce - Salesforce Industries Location
- vote AMZN offer vs. MSFT offer comparison for 1.5 yoe (POLL) My friend got the offer. I ask him to avoid Amazon, and just go to Microsoft. Just want to get more data points. Offer details after negotiation: Amazon L4: base: 131k; signon: 40k/32k; stock: 100k (5/15/40/40). TC is 176k for 4 first years. Microsoft 60: base: 127k; signon: 25k/15k; stock: 130k (
- Should I mention I’m interviewing for a FTE roles at the same company if I’ve accepted a contract position? Looking for work and I have been targeting FT roles at FAANG company (non-tech) for a while. I’ve been referred by friends/colleagues and specifically for a role at one of the 5 and also decided to contract with a related company (e.g., WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube etc.) to have an in. It is potent
- Microsoft Seattle L62 Offer Evaluation I have received the following offer from Microsoft Seattle Profile : MS-CS from top 20 CS schools. 3 years work exp. Base : 148 k Joining Bonus : 20 K (Year 1) + 20 K (Year 2) Relocation : 6k Stocks : $125 k / 4 years - > $ 31.5 k per year Annual Bonus : Upto 20 % 4o1k : 10k immediately v
- Startups or stay put The current job burned me quite a lot as we are short on people and there is no enough candidates are able to make through the panel. Many old teammates left the companies. The work has its high and low time. 30-100hrs/week depends on project and timeline. I started my interviews during those long
- Time to switch to Startup, FAANG, or stay put in consulting I think it's time to switch from consulting arena into industry for no travel, better work-life and long term growth. Torn between risking with joining #startup , join #FAANG #MAHAA (industry) or switch in consulting. Willing to take risk for growth, but tired of consulting yet getting approached b